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Navy Announces Delay in Release of Draft EISCurrituck County residents expecting for several months the release of the Navy's Draft Environmental Impact Statement regarding the five possible sites for a new Outlying Landing Field must now wait even longer. The Navy announced on August 28, 2009 that it has delayed the expected release of the Draft EIS document. According to a Navy press release, it will now coincide with the commencement of the EIS process for homebasing of the F-35C Navy Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). As NAS Oceana is the East Coast master jet base and the home for the F/A-18 C/D aircraft, the Navy will likely consider whether it should be identified as a potential candidate site for the JSF A new expected release date was not provided by the Navy. The Navy is considering five site alternatives for a new Outlying Landing Field, which would serve as a practice facility for aircraft from Naval Air Station Oceana, Va. One of the five possible sites lies in the Hales Lake area of Camden County, overlapping the border with Currituck County. Read a copy of the official Navy Press Release Navy OLF EIS project website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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